Cadenhead departs Politico for Washington Post
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s director of editorial video Micah Gelman, executive producer for explanatory video Thomas LeGro and senior producer Peter Stevenson: We are thrilled to announce that Michael Cadenhead is joining Video as a politics editor, coming to the team at a crucial moment in the lead-up to […]
Politico names Akhtar managing producer for video
Politico has promoted Monica Akhtar to managing producer for video. Recently, Akhtar was senior video producer. She also held video producer roles at The Washington Post, USA Today Sports Media Group and American Enterprise Institute. Akhtar has a B.S. in journalism from Boston University. Be sure to congratulate Akhtar on Twitter.
Padilla named senior video producer at Politico
Jackie Padilla has joined Politico as a senior video producer to work on its new Snapchat Discover show. Previously, Padilla held producer roles at Grid and NowThis. She has also worked at PBS and internet at CBS Radio. Padilla graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism/mass communications. Be sure to congratulate […]
Wu appointed video producer at Politico
Meiying Wu has joined Politico as a video producer to work on Politico’s new Snapchat Discover show. Previously, Wu interned at the Los Angeles Times and the Investigative Reporting Program. She contributed to the New York Times as a participant in the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism’s partnerships, and interned at the Idado Statesman. […]
Levin-Manning named director of DEI at Politico
Traci Schweikert, chief talent officer at Politico, sent out the following note to staff: Dear POLITICOs, I am delighted to announce that Joe Levin-Manning (he/him/his) is joining POLITICO today as a Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Joe will oversee the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy and engagement for POLITICO. In his role, Joe will partner with […]
Morning Brew hires Eisenberg to launch health care newsletter
Morning Brew has hired Politico reporter Amanda Eisenberg to launch a health care newsletter this fall. She has been covering health care policy in New York for Politico since 2018. Eisenberg previously was an associate editor of Employee Benefit News, a Source Media publication. Prior to joining Employee Benefit News in 2016, Eisenberg completed the Dow Jones News […]
Washington Post taps Herszenhorn as Russia and Eastern Europe editor
David M. Herszenhorn will join The Washington Post as Russia and Eastern Europe editor, based in Brussels. Herszenhorn will take full responsibility starting August 29. Recently, he served as chief Brussels correspondent at Politico and previously was at The New York Times, where he worked as a reporter on the metropolitan desk, congressional correspondent, […]
Yurk departs Politico for CQ Roll Call
Valerie Yurk has joined CQ Roll Call as an energy and environment reporter. Recently, Yurk was a legislative reporter at Politico. Before that, she was a reporting fellow at E&E News and contributed to Planet Forward. She interned at The Guardian and National Press Foundation. Yurk has a B.A. in journalism and mass communications from […]
Politico names DeBonis editor of Playbook
Washington Post veteran journalist Mike DeBonis will join Politico as editor of Playbook. DeBonis joined the Post in 2010 as a local politics reporter and recently served as a congressional and national politics reporter. He also wrote a daily tipsheet, blog and weekly analysis column for the Post. Prior to that, he worked as a […]
Texas Tribune hires Choi to be Washington correspondent
Matthew Choi, energy reporter and author of Morning Energy newsletter at Politico, has been hired by the Texas Tribune to be its Washington correspondent. He starts this week. Choi joined Politico as an editorial intern and then served as a web producer and breaking news reporter. Previously, he was a reporting fellow at the Texas Tribune. […]
